Social Inequality

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Social Inequality
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1SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Social inequality refers to the existing of the unequal opportunities in relation to the
various social position that exist within the society. Social inequality is indicative of the
differences that exist between the people that can be said to be hierarchical in terms of nature
(Wallace, Nazroo & Bécares, 2016). Social inequality can be said to refer to hierarchical
distribution in relation to social along with cultural resources. This essay discusses about
social inequality and whether it is an important feature of society.
Historically it has been seen that inequality is conceived to be more normal as
compared to equality. Egalitarian ideals are related to the political ideals of the democracy
and a just society can be said to be the one where the needs of every individual are met. The
proponents of the concept of egalitarianism highlight that inequality violates the principles
pertaining to natural justice. According to Foster and Hagan (2015), inequality can be said to
be inefficient because it decreases potential in relation to human development. Those people
who are at bottom of ladder experience carries health deficits which shorten their lives. It can
be said that strong connection exists between poverty and the crimes. High level pertaining to
inequality creates resentment within the communities. It paves the way for criminal
behaviour in the society. Inequality can be said to be associated with that of lateral violence
which means the violence that occurs in between the disadvantaged groups. The nations that
have high level of the factor of inequality can be said to be inefficient as it limits the potential
markets. It reduces the human capital and constrains the opportunities in relation to
investment in the society. Large difference in relation to income paves the path for the
creation of ‘broken societies’. It has been stated by Gracia (2015) that race plays an important
role in shaping effect pertaining to inequality The ethnic minorities are excluded from
education that reduces their chances of employability. Inequality is instrumental in creating
relation of domination along with subordination that carries judgement pertaining to value of
various groups in the society.

2SOCIAL INEQUALITY
According to Marx, possessing of capital can help in the determination of form of that
of inequality. The economic determinist model of Marx and the structural model of Weber
perceived that economic resources can act as a source of power in the society. According to
Marx, objective class position produces consciousness that helps in determining how the
people will act. According to Montgomerie and Büdenbender (2015), Marxists have stated
that by dominating the economy, ruling classes will be able to control culture. Ideas that are
dominating I the society are the ones that would benefit the ruling class. Working class
people lived within industrial heartland of the cities. The relationships of the working class
with the neighbours were different from middle class. The distinct communities having social
identity which is rooted within the workplace experience can help in providing best strategy
that can improve the situation of these people. This lead to foundation of trade unions and the
movements of Labour Party. There existed oppositional culture that was expressed in relation
to industrial actions and in resistance to the right-wing political demand. According to
Zilanawala et al. (2015), ethnicity along with gender can help in diving working class and it
was brought down under that of cultural hegemony of that of the working-class culture. The
transition to the service economy helped in dissolving stability of the arrangements.
Expansion in relation to the service sector along with educational participation was
instrumental in creating social mobility. It lead to the emergence of large number of people
who belonged to the middle class.
There are certain factors that have paved the path for increasing inequality within
United Kingdom (UK). There are a large number of people in UK who are entitled to the
state benefits like sickness and the incapacity benefits. The rising values of property have
diminished the disposable income in relation to many young people. It has made renting more
expensive. According to Dorling (2015), there has been an increase in relation to wealth
inequality that has paved the way for income inequality. There are many people in UK who